BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sabres wrap up their weekend with back-to-back home games with the New Jersey Devils in Buffalo. The Sabres won Saturday's game, 4-3, on a Jack Eichel shootout goal.
FIRST PERIOD:
- The Devils waste no time getting started, scoring 20 seconds into the game with Michael McLeod beating out Carter Hutton off the feed from PK Subban. 1-0 Devils.
- The Devils score again with just 16 seconds remaining in the first period, with Andreas Johnsson getting one behind Hutton. 2-0 Devils.
The Sabres and Devils each failed to convert on a power play opportunity. Janne Kuokkanen sat two minutes for high sticking Jeff Skinner, with Matthew Irwin putting the Sabres on the penalty kill for two minutes for Tripping Andreas Johnsson. New Jersey outshot Buffalo, 11-9 in the period.
SECOND PERIOD:
- In a slow second period, the Sabres finally get on the board. Rasmus Ristolainen fired a shot and Curtis Lazar tips it in for his first goal of the season, cutting the Devils lead to 2-1 with 5:49 left in the period.
- The Sabres tie things up quickly, with the power play finally producing. With Ristolainen screening Eric Comrie, Rasmus Dahlin rips one from the blue line and scores to tie the game at 2, just 1:12 later.
- The Devils produce again, late in the period, this time with just a second remaining, Miles Wood scores off his own rebound, and the Devils go up 3-2 just before the end of the second period.
The Sabres outshot the Devils, 15-12 in the second. Dmitry Kulikov and Ty Smith each served two minute penalties.
THIRD PERIOD:
- Ristolainen continues to have a monster game, tapping in a goal in front of the net on a diving pass from Victor Olofsson . The Sabres tie it up at 3, with 16:07 remaining in the third.
- The Devils go back on top with 9:20 remaining, with McLeod scoring his second of the game off the feed from Wood. 4-3 Devils.
- The Devils score on an empty net goal from Wood with 7.4 seconds remaining, and split the weekend with a 5-3 win over the Sabres.